{"id":500273,"date":"2025-11-16T10:32:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T10:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/dark-souls-servers-to-remain-offline-until-the-release-of-elden-ring"},"modified":"2025-11-16T10:32:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T10:32:45","slug":"dark-souls-servers-to-remain-offline-until-the-release-of-elden-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dark-souls-servers-to-remain-offline-until-the-release-of-elden-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Souls servers to remain offline until the release of Elden Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/dark-souls-servers-to-remain-offline-until-the-release-of-elden-ring.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Bandai Namco has announced <strong>Dark Souls<\/strong> servers will remain offline until <strong>Elden Ring<\/strong> is released.<\/p>\n<p>The company brought the servers for all games in the series offline after a security flaw was discovered that could result in hackers taking over another&#8217;s computer through remote code execution.<\/p>\n<p>According to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/users\/49594931\/?tab=user+files\"> Dark Souls and Sekiro modder<\/a> <strong>LukeYui<\/strong>, one of those who brought the exploit to light, since Elden Ring uses the same netcode, it too faced the same vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/dark-souls-servers-to-remain-offline-until-the-release-of-elden-ring\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/dark-souls-servers-to-remain-offline-until-the-release-of-elden-ring\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandai Namco has announced Dark Souls servers will remain offline until Elden Ring is released. The company brought the servers for all games in the series offline after a security flaw was discovered that could result in hackers taking over another&#8217;s computer through remote code execution. According to Dark Souls and Sekiro modder LukeYui, one of those who brought the exploit to light, since Elden Ring uses the same netcode, it too faced the same vulnerability. 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